Where does “tuan” come from?

tuan (English) comes from Malay tuan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qatuan — deity.

tuan (English): The brush-tailed phascogale, "Phascogale...

Definitions

  1. The brush-tailed phascogale, "Phascogale...

Ancestry of “tuan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaytuanmaster, lord; mister
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianqatuandeity
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qatuan →Every word from Malay tuan →